Charles F Forer

October 25, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

At the last minute, Anne and her attorney decided to mediate their claims instead of going to an arbitration hearing that had been scheduled to start next month.

By Charles F. Forer

6 minute read

July 19, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

When we last checked, Bob had sought to compel a nonparty to comply with a deposition subpoena that the arbitrator without fuss had issued at Bob's request.

By Charles F. Forer

6 minute read

November 19, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

Anne's attorney Bob is an avid reader of The Legal Intelligencer. His favorite article on arbitration said lawyers should engage in voir dire of all potential arbitrators. Bob could not agree more.

By Charles F. Forer

5 minute read

April 28, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Let's start with this hypothetical: "Bob" is representing "Anne." He carefully reviewed an arbitration agreement for Anne before she invested more than $200,000 in a mutual fund. Bob had heard that big companies inserted arbitration provisions into their

By Charles F. Forer

6 minute read

May 15, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Anne's attorney Bob sure learned a lot about arbitration when he took on Anne's case against John. His belief that arbitration-confidentiality was sacrosanct, even in the absence of a confidentiality provision, went out the window when he kept bumping into attorneys who wanted to discuss the nuances of the dispute with him.

By Charles F. Forer

5 minute read

December 19, 2005 | The Legal Intelligencer

When we last checked, Bob was trying to have his cake and eat it too. He sought arbitration so that his client could benefit from the lower costs and expeditious determinations that arbitration at its best offers. But he wanted to expand the scope of judicial review so his client could appeal any perceived errors of law in the final arbitration award.

By Charles F. Forer

5 minute read

March 29, 2002 | New Jersey Law Journal

If you do not pay attention to the details of an arbitration provision when drafting a business agreement, you could end up facing numerous disadvantages, not the least of which is substantial extra expense.

By Charles F. Forer

5 minute read

July 17, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

Bob got burned last month in an arbitration proceeding. Representing the respondent (arbitration lingo for defendant), Bob almost had a heart attack when he received the arbitrating award. He lost big; the award was at the upper range of the damages that claimant (arbitration lingo for plaintiff) had sought. So much for the common - and, according to academic studies, erroneous - belief that arbitrators generally split the baby and enter so-called compromise awards.

By Charles F. Forer

6 minute read

March 15, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

"I have made so many mistakes representing clients in ADR proceedings that it is time that I try ADR from the other side. I am going to be an arbitrator and let attorneys know when they mess up." So began Bob's career as an arbitrator.

By Charles F. Forer

6 minute read

August 17, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Bob is an experienced alternative dispute resolution, or ADR, practitioner. Just yesterday, for instance, he patted himself on the back after a case management conference.

By Charles F. Forer

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